wheel center caps

[crestaracing]

Hi all,
came home from work today and some little s**t has nicked my center caps,
so i need some new and was thinking of some holden ones.
any ideas where i can buy some.

[MyM8V8]

crestaracing said:

Hi all,
came home from work today and some little s**t has nicked my center caps,
so i need some new and was thinking of some holden ones.
any ideas where i can buy some.

+1. The sizes are different for HSV wheels and Holden ones. E.g 19" wheels off VXR have different cap size to CV8 18".

I would like some CV8 ones for my track wheels. Holmart seem to be a bit dear?

HSV ones are about £33 a set from Walkinshaws

Sorry about that Alan, not so good after what happened to the car at Shakey's

Edited by MyM8V8 on Tuesday 19th May 17:49

[crestaracing]

MyM8V8 said:

crestaracing said:

Hi all,
came home from work today and some little s**t has nicked my center caps,
so i need some new and was thinking of some holden ones.
any ideas where i can buy some.

+1. The sizes are different for HSV wheels and Holden ones. E.g 19" wheels off VXR have different cap size to CV8 18".

I would like some CV8 ones for my track wheels. Holmart seem to be a bit dear?

HSV ones are about £33 a set from Walkinshaws

Sorry about that Alan, not so good after what happened to the car at Shakey's

Edited by MyM8V8 on Tuesday 19th May 17:49

Edited by crestaracing on Tuesday 19th May 18:22

Hi Gareth, still had a great weekend though, am looking at some new shafts from GFORCE
from the US, they are rated at 650 rwhp, that should be enough for now.

Edited by crestaracing on Tuesday 19th May 18:25

[MyM8V8]

How mucho? They are the Porsche ones aren't they? BMRs are $499 each and made of 300M.

[the_ferret82]

+1 ill have some for mine. CV8 if people are doing a order.

sorry to here you have some thieving little b@5tard5 round your way.

Edited by the_ferret82 on Tuesday 19th May 21:05

[J. J.]

Stronger driveshafts are good in principle, but if they don't fail, then the next weakest part does - my friend had a major wipeout with his Corvette at the Pod; did both shafts, the diff and the gearbox. His is/was a stroked/bored 5.7 LS1. Its cost him over £5000 and it still isn't right, Sorry, I've got no answers, but once you go down the route of more power & grip etc something may break, but you have to make an informed decision.
In respect of the wheel centres, try LSV or RapidGB

[MyM8V8]

J. J. said:

Stronger driveshafts are good in principle, but if they don't fail, then the next weakest part does - my friend had a major wipeout with his Corvette at the Pod; did both shafts, the diff and the gearbox. His is/was a stroked/bored 5.7 LS1. Its cost him over £5000 and it still isn't right, Sorry, I've got no answers, but once you go down the route of more power & grip etc something may break, but you have to make an informed decision.
In respect of the wheel centres, try LSV or RapidGB

That's more of a problem with manuals JJ. With an auto the whole drivetrain is preloaded when you launch so the shock is not as great as just dropping the clutch from high revs.

[motomk]

The HSV versions are a lot cheaper than the normal Holden ones, Odd considering most HSV stuff is marked expensive!
There is a different part number for the HBD wheels (Holden by design) which supposedly is a bit cheaper.

Edited by motomk on Wednesday 20th May 08:07

[Vez]

£33.37 from Walkinshaw, they also do a full decal kit, with boot, bonnet, sides, wheel thingies and stickers

[nickwaiheke]

I bought the holden ones to go on my cv8 bugger of a job to get to fit slightly different size but great once they are on

[MyM8V8]

See, I tried the HSV caps in the CV8 wheels and they go in we a squeeze. But it breaks the snap lugs off.

[the_ferret82]

nickwaiheke said:

I bought the holden ones to go on my cv8 bugger of a job to get to fit slightly different size but great once they are on

Where did you get your holden badges from?

[nickwaiheke]

ebay.au got the hsv badges off there as well even though I'm not supposed to have them on a cv8!

[crestaracing]

so will the HSV caps fit my 19" VXR wheels and i can,t seem to find any info on walkingshaws website, maybe i,ll look on ebay.

[MyM8V8]

crestaracing said:

so will the HSV caps fit my 19" VXR wheels and i can,t seem to find any info on walkingshaws website, maybe i,ll look on ebay.

Yes they will Alan. Just phone them with your card number, they normally have them in stock. I got mine 2 days following order. £33 + IIRC.

Oh fk a duck. I might have got that wrong. They might have done something different for the UK ones. Best to phone them and check first. They will know!

Edited by MyM8V8 on Wednesday 20th May 18:40

[motomk]

If anyone is really desperate I have to visit my parts fellow in the next few days and I don't mind picking stuff up. "motomk resources" also has access to Paypal for remuneration! I am not a business though and heavy stuff like engines, gearboxes and whole cars don't fit in the postbags!

motomk

[Vez]

The VXR wheels are HSV OE, so the centres will fit, I offered them up yesterday, and they look to be spot on

Slightly reluctant to take the wheels off so prolly drill small hole in the old ones and hook them out with a coathanger

[Vez]

Well, that went very well 4mm Wood drill bit, drill centre at very slow speed, bite into the plastic underneither VX badge and pull, centre out, whole wheel set changed in 1 minute

[MyM8V8]

motomk said:

If anyone is really desperate I have to visit my parts fellow in the next few days and I don't mind picking stuff up. "motomk resources" also has access to Paypal for remuneration! I am not a business though and heavy stuff like engines, gearboxes and whole cars don't fit in the postbags!

motomk

Cheers Mate. If you are visiting your friendly Holden Dealer maybe you could get a price for me on 4 caps for the arly CV8 18 wheels. Thanks.

[motomk]

MyM8V8 said:

motomk said:

If anyone is really desperate I have to visit my parts fellow in the next few days and I don't mind picking stuff up. "motomk resources" also has access to Paypal for remuneration! I am not a business though and heavy stuff like engines, gearboxes and whole cars don't fit in the postbags!

motomk

Cheers Mate. If you are visiting your friendly Holden Dealer maybe you could get a price for me on 4 caps for the arly CV8 18 wheels. Thanks.

V2 series III Monaro wheels? like these ones? if it is they normally charge me around $120 to $130 for 4 as they are not cheap. This is the original genuine Holden part for that wheel not the HBD (Holden by Design) wheel cap which I haven't seen.

Pic borrowed from another topic!

Edited by motomk on Sunday 24th May 20:44